Well, it’s that time of year again, folks. The Oscars. Hollywood has been barricaded, Oscar parties are being prepped, ballots have been counted, bets have been placed, and the social media world awaits with snarky fingers eagerly paused […]

One of the perks of parenthood is sharing all the things you love with your children. My five year old daughter has been introduced to many of my obsessions: chocolate, sweatshirts, leggings as pants, Han […]

The other night, my fella suggested we watch Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club (1984). It seemed like a great idea. After all, we have a canvas print of The Cotton Club hanging in the living room, […]

The films of British director Ken Loach are dominated by an inextricable link between people and place. The coming-of-age film Kes (1969) isn’t just about a young boy; he’s a young boy from Yorkshire. Loach’s […]

The Young Lions must’ve looked great on paper. Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin; three hot actors, three juicy WWII rolls, all in the vein of From Here to Eternity, which boasted Burt Lancaster, Monty […]

While I was gathering notes for this article, David Bowie died. Fitting, then, that Lost Highway features one of his songs prominently in both the opening and closing credits. Bowie understood more than most the […]

The Pictorial Palette is a regular exercise that brings Technicolor glasses to design. By selecting a still from a classic film and exploring its color patterns, it is our hope that these little swaths of […]

“It was summer, 1948, and I needed money.” Competent, and at times compelling, Carl Franklin’s pedestrian neo-noir Devil in a Blue Dress boasts a syzygy of talent that keeps it going. The first of these components is […]

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